Professions in prehospital care

[daedalus]

hmmm maybeu need to get your nursing education int eh caribbean then tell me if a nurse cant function as a paramedic i am just being a smart A** wil post a nursing cirriculum for you

first program an associates degree program

www.tamcc.edu.gd/Portals/31/docs/A[1].D_Nursing.pdf

BSC program in jamaica

http://www.utech.edu.jm/faculties/Health&App/RX&Science/BSc_Nursing_details.htm

in the caribbean nurses well i guess the scope of practice is very wide from putting up ivs to catherizing a male pt etc etc etc i guess because resources are limited they are allowed to do more

Putting in IVs and inserting a foley? These are things most low level LPNs can do.

 

[mycrofft]

USing standardized procedures and protocols, plus certifications,

at least in California you would be surprised what an employer can ask and enable a LVN, MA, or RN to do. Not always a good thing.

 

[emtjack02]

Please help me understand something. Is there sarcasm I am missing because Im pretty sure that LPN/LVN have been doing task such as foley placement for decades. As far as RN we have been placing IV since the 60's when the docs let go of it. So I am missing people point with the last several post.

 

[daedalus]

Please help me understand something. Is there sarcasm I am missing because Im pretty sure that LPN/LVN have been doing task such as foley placement for decades. As far as RN we have been placing IV since the 60's when the docs let go of it. So I am missing people point with the last several post.

Thats what I mean, that poster stated that RNs in the carribean were "progressive" because they could place foleys in males and place IVs. That is akin to saying that the basic radio with a CD player or iPod hookup is progressive in a modern vehicle...